Wednesday, June 22, 2016

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 7/Verse 4

भूमिरापोऽनलो वायुः खं मनो बुद्धिरेव च ।


अहंकार इतीयं मे भिन्ना प्रकृतिरष्टधा ॥७- ४॥

bhūmirāpo'nalo vāyuḥ khaṃ mano buddhireva ca ।
ahaṃkāra itīyaṃ me bhinnā prakṛtiraṣṭadhā ॥7- 4॥

This is the eight-fold divided material nature of me: earth, water, fire, wind, ether, mind, intelligence, and indeed, the maker of the "I". 


bhūmis (feminine, nominative, singular) = earth 

āpas (neuter, nominative, singular) = water 

analas (masculine, nominative, singular) = fire  

vāyus (masculine, nominative, singular) = wind

kham (neuter, nominative, singular) = ether  

manas (neuter, nominative, singular) = mind

buddhis (feminine, nominative, singular) = intelligence  

eva (adverb) (indeclinable) = indeed 

ca (adverb) (indeclinable) = and 


ahaṃkāras (masculine, nominative, singular) = the maker of the "I"

iti (punctuation) (indeclinable) = (syntax marker)

iyaṃ (feminine, nominative, singular) = this

me (pronoun, 1st person, genitive, singular) = of me

bhinnā (past passive participle, feminine, nominative, singular) = divided 

prakṛtis (feminine, nominative, singular) = material nature 

aṣṭadhā (adverb) (indeclinable) = eight-fold 


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